PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Coeur d'Alene (6A), Lakeland (5A) clinch league titles

COEUR d’ALENE — Junior Brookeslee Colvin scored 39 points for the Coeur d’Alene Vikings in a 68-45 win over the Post Falls Trojans at Viking Court on Saturday, clinching the 6A Inland Empire League title and top seed to the district tournament. 

“Our main focus was was more about getting a better start at the beginning of the game,” said Coeur d’Alene coach Stacy Boyd, whose team led 22-10 after the first quarter. “The last few games, we’ve had slow starts and had to dig ourselves out of the hole before we were able to get settled in. We are slowly cleaning that up, and I think we figured that out today and played with more energy, pace and a sense of urgency.” 

Coeur d’Alene (18-2, 4-0 6A IEL) will face either Post Falls or Lake City in a best-of-3 championship series, with that winner advancing to state Feb. 19-21 at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa. 

Junior Brooklyn Reese scored 22 points for Post Falls (6-14, 1-2), which hosts Lake City (7-10, 0-3) in the regular season finale for both on Friday to determine which of the two teams hosts a district loser-out game on Feb. 7. 

“Post Falls played us hard and crashed the boards and we gave up too many second-shot opportunities,” Boyd said. “At times, they pressured us, and we usually respond to pressure well, but tonight we sat back and watched a lot, and didn’t execute like we should have. We will build off tonight and get back to the drawing board.” 

Coeur d’Alene travels to Lakeland on Tuesday to conclude the regular season. 

Post Falls        10    10    13    12    —    45 

Coeur d’Alene    22    12    23    11    —    68 

POST FALLS — Benzinger-Stephens 0, Hollenbeck 6, Haines-Picchione 0, Reese 22, Felix 5, Morrison 1, Johnson 0, Tucker 4, Gluhak 4, Walton 3. 

COEUR d’ALENE — Yates 2, Wheeler 5, Brown 4, Wallis 5, Colvin 39, Shafer 2, Semprimoznik 6, Reardon 0, Robertson 5. 

Lakeland 46 

Moscow 38 

MOSCOW — Freshman Jaeli Hoffman scored 24 points for the Hawks, who clinched the 5A Inland Empire League title with a win over the Bears at Bear Den. 

“We expected a tough battle from Moscow, and that’s exactly what we got,” Lakeland coach Caelyn Caufield said. “We kept our composure and found a way to finish with a win.” 

Lakeland (15-3, 5-0 IEL) will be the top seed to the 5A Region 1 tournament starting on Feb. 7. Moscow is 9-10, 0-5. 

Juniors Macy Bretveld and Mariana Bullington scored 10 points each for Lakeland, which hosts Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday. 

Senior Jessa Skinner scored 15 points for Moscow, which lost to Coeur d'Alene at home by three points, and lost to Lake City in overtime. 

Lakeland    18    9    11    8    —    46 

Moscow    10    6    13    9    —    38 

LAKELAND — Kar. Kiefer 2, Bowie 0, Hoffman 24, Kap. Kiefer 0, Fagan 0, Bretveld 10, Bullington 10. 

MOSCOW — Lassen 0, Kiblen 3, Becker 3, Skinner 15, McLuen 4, Hennrich 2, Williams 11, Colvin 0. 

Timberlake 72 

Stillwater Christian 27 

SPIRIT LAKE — The Tigers, who played their fourth game in five days, had three players in double figures in a nonleague win over the Cougars of Kalispell, Mont., at Timberlake High. 

“The girls played really good defensively and showed good energy considering our schedule this week,” said Timberlake coach Matt Miller, whose team played North Central on Tuesday, then hosted Lapwai on Thursday and Grangeville on Friday. “We also had finals this week, so I thought the girls finished strong considering all they had going on this week.” 

Senior Payton Young scored 13 of her game-high 21 points in the first half and also had five rebounds, three assists and two steals. Junior Macy Murphey had 18 points, five rebounds and two steals, senior Malia Miller 14 points, six rebounds, nine assists and three steals for Timberlake (11-6), which is scheduled to play at Kellogg on Tuesday. 

Stillwater Christian    4    7    8    8    —    27 

Timberlake        21    18    25    8    —    72 

STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Paolini 8, E. Miller 2, Miner 0, R. Miller 3, Mangold 0, Stephens 6, Bailey 2, Zeider 6. 

TIMBERLAKE — Murphey 18, Young 21, Archer 2, Miller 14, Brotherton 2, Milligan 7, Jones 4, Holecek 4. 

Grangeville 61

Kellogg 27

KELLOGG — The visiting Bulldogs (12-6, 5-0 Central Idaho League) took over the league lead from the Wildcats (10-6, 5-1) with the win at Andrews Gymnasium.

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Orofino 60

St. Maries 23

OROFINO — The host Maniacs (5-9, 3-1 CIL) defeated the Lumberjacks (0-12, 0-7).

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